Bamboo won't use the correct JAVA_HOME on Windows

Question

I have bamboo installed on win2012r2. Environment variables are set for java_home and jre_home. Despite that, Bamboo keeps trying to use "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-16".

JAVA_HOME = C:\Progra~1\Java\jre1.8.0_311

C:\Users\meh>echo %JAVA_HOME%
C:\Progra~1\Java\jre1.8.0_311

JRE_HOME = C:\Progra~1\Java\jre1.8.0_311

C:\Users\meh>echo %Jre_HOME%
C:\Progra~1\Java\jre1.8.0_311

Since it keeps looking in that jdk folder I ended up just copying jre1.8.0_311 into a jre folder and got bamboo started, but I'd like to get it running properly.

Running Atlassian Bamboo version 8.0.4 build 80012 - 27 Oct 21.

Laine Kahsay · Answer

Choose the path that Bamboo should use,
you can edit the file conf/wrapper.conf and make changes to the line
wrapper.java.command=java.

An example is wrapper.java.command=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_35\bin\java

Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting] · Answer

It's a little tricky to troubleshoot without knowing how you have things set up.  When we set up any of the Atlassian tools on Windows, we set them to start as a service and create a service account for them to run as an unprivileged user(to be more secure.) Check this doc on how to set up the service.

Mike Kauspedas · Answer

Thanks for replying. I have them set under system properties --> environment variables --> system variables. That should be global for all users right? I did not run the echo as the bamboo user.